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Cotton candy paan

Name: Cotton candy paan
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Street food
Ingredients: 4 large leaves betel leaf; 2 tbsp gulkand; 2 tbsp desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut); 2 tbsp tutti frutti (glacé fruit, candied fruit); 4 halved glace cherries (candied cherries); 2 chopped dates; 2 tsp lightly toasted fennel seeds; 1 tsp sugar; a pinch cardamom; 2 big tufts pink cotton candy (fairy floss, candy floss); 1 tsp sprinkles (hundreds and thousands)

Meetha paan goes to the fair and comes back wearing a pink cloud.

15 minTime

1 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

139kcal

1 gprotein

2 gfibre

15minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Betel leaf4 large leaves

Gulkand2 tbsp

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)2 tbsp

Tutti frutti (glacé fruit, candied fruit)2 tbsp

Glace cherries (candied cherries)4, halved

Dates2, chopped

Fennel seeds2 tsp, lightly toasted

Sugar1 tsp

Cardamoma pinch

Cotton candy (fairy floss, candy floss)2 big tufts, pink

Sprinkles (hundreds and thousands)1 tsp

Method

6 steps

1Wipe the betel leaves with a damp cloth and snip off the stems. Pat dry.
2Toss the toasted fennel with the sugar and cardamom.
3Lay a leaf shiny side down. Spread 2 tsp gulkand in the centre, then add coconut, tutti frutti, dates and a pinch of the fennel.
4Fold the sides over the filling and roll into a tight triangle or cone. Pin with a toothpick if it opens.
5Just before serving, pull a tuft of cotton candy around each paan. Top with half a cherry and a few sprinkles.
6Eat in one or two bites, toothpick out first.

Serve it like this

Stand each pink paan in a paper cup on a tray lined with a betel leaf. Serve the moment they are wrapped.

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Cotton candy paan

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